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Love Gods - S2-E2

Continuity mistake: In the Australian embassy, the guard locks the door and then begins unbuttoning her top down to her waist. The professor then turns away to look out of the window, and you see in the background the guard once again unbuttons her top down to her waist.

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Continuity mistake: In the opening scene, after the police sniper shoots one of the gang, the police drag the hostage away. Vinnie Jones runs to the bank door to get her. In the next shot of the police in front of the door dragging her away, you can't see him. Then in the following shot as Travolta tells everyone to take cover, he's right in the centre of the door again.

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Continuity mistake: The first Stranger falls through the rotten decking, leaving a really large hole where he fell. However, when the hole is next shown, it's suddenly much smaller. (00:20:41)

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Revealing mistake: When John looks at the newspaper clippings allegedly about the serial killer, you can see that the body of the articles is nothing whatsoever to do with serial killers and murders, irrespective of the headlines. One is from WWII, about the Japanese army being bombed. The others similarly are unrelated to the murders. (00:20:12)

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Law and Corruption - S3-E6

Continuity mistake: When Danny shoots Mickey, you can see Stacey's handbag is on the back of a chair. However, in subsequent shots it is now on the bar, even though Stacey doesn't go anywhere near the chair to get it.

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Plot hole: In the opening scene, Travolta forces the SWAT team to let him go when he brandishes the remote detonation device he's holding. That's fine - but upon numerous occasions in his opening monologue (lighting a cigar, checking and smacking his watch), he isn't holding the device for lengthy periods of time. Why didn't the SWAT team shoot him at that point given they're covering his every angle with guns?

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Continuity mistake: In the opening scene, Travolta is on the phone to Cheadle, warning him about the bombs strapped to the hostages. Travolta's watch, shirt cuff, and jacket sleeve move up and down in different shots—noticeably, they move back up his wrist without his adjusting them.

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The One With The Flashback - S3-E6

Continuity mistake: When Chandler drops the cue ball by Rachel and her friends, the pool cue on the pool table is straight. When he speaks to her, it is suddenly at a 45-degree angle. The chalk cube and blue box also change position.

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And Justice For All… - S1-E10

Factual error: One of the cops confirms at the end of the episode in the vault that the fingerprints on the gun match Prater's fingerprints. Far too little time has elapsed in between the body/gun being discovered and her saying this for this to be possible. Lifting fingerprints off a gun isn't simple or quick to do, and would be done in a lab, which hasn't happened. Even assuming the NYPD expedited everything given the high-profile case, there's no way this would all be done in under half an hour.

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Continuity mistake: In the opening scene, Dallas shoots the cashier and gets blood all over her face. In subsequent shots, she has far less blood on her face and it's less obtrusive. Given how heavy her makeup is, there's no way she could have scrubbed the blood off without disturbing the makeup.

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Continuity mistake: In the opening scene, Nick throws on a jacket, still open as he hides his gun under the counter. Two shots and a second later, it's fully zipped up - something he wouldn't have been able to do in that timeframe.

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Factual error: The police say that they've learned whom the various shares in Coopers Chase pass to following a shareholder's death. They say they learned this by reviewing the Company Accounts. In actual fact, there's no way this would ever be discussed in the accounts. This would be found in the Articles of Association for the company. Completely different documents.

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Factual error: The police are astonished that Joyce and her friends managed to get their hands on the company accounts, since they say they couldn't get them as it is a private company. In actual fact, any private company must by law provide its accounts via the Companies House website, available to anyone to view and download.

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Plot hole: At the start of the film, the club are discussing Angela Hughes' murder, and they say they need another member of the club who has a medical background to answer some of their questions on the case. That's why they eventually ask Joyce those questions. But the club actually already has a retired doctor among their number. Ibrahim mentions he's a retired psychiatrist. Having a specialism in psychiatry doesn't change the fact he's a doctor, so he has the necessary medical background.

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Return of the Prodigal - S5-E1

Continuity mistake: During Albert's flashback explanation of how he got caught cheating at cards, a blonde girl is sitting at 90 degrees to him at the table. Then, in the next shot, she's sitting right next to him.

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Lest Ye Be Judged - S5-E3

Factual error: Albert's release papers show he was born on 3rd June 1933. However, in the season 4 episode "Getting Even", his time in the US Air Force fighting in Europe in WW2 is discussed at length. Given VE Day was in May 1945, that would have made him 11 (at the very oldest) at the end of WW2: impossible to have served in this timeframe. That doesn't even include the half year of USAF training he would have undergone. The youngest soldier to fight for the US was 12: Albert would have been 10 and a half.

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Lest Ye Be Judged - S5-E3

Factual error: Albert's release papers show he was sentenced to 2 years' imprisonment at the county court. This is completely incorrect: he would have been sentenced at a Crown Court given his was a criminal offence. County courts are strictly for civil cases, not criminal ones. Additionally, "fraud" is not the offence under which he would have been convicted. (00:49:52)

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Lest Ye Be Judged - S5-E3

Factual error: Emma steals what is allegedly a "private ambulance", which is a small courier-style van. No ambulance - regardless of whether it's NHS or private - would ever be a van of such a small size. It's completely unsuitable both in terms of kit and in terms of transportation. On top of all that, you can see on the van where it states "Co-Operative Funeral Care", and the producers forgot to cover it up. (00:16:35)

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Lest Ye Be Judged - S5-E3

Factual error: Andrew Campbell is a psychoanalyst (when Emma leaves his office, a close-up of his nameplate is shown). There's no way a psychoanalyst would be sitting on a parole board, which he does subsequently in the episode. Their skills simply aren't required or relevant to a parole board. The show seems to be confusing psychoanalysts with psychologists (who do indeed frequently sit on parole boards) - but the jobs, roles and requirements are completely different for each.

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Old Acquaintance - S2-E5

Plot hole: Stacie's entire con on Jake being successful at the end of the episode when she leaves the bar relies on Eddie both noticing her taking a bundle of fake cash and also his mentioning this to Mickey - and also Mickey's then correctly guessing her plan from this. There are way too many chances for that to go wrong, particularly with Eddie not noticing/not mentioning Stacey's behaviour - as the series shows repeatedly, he is neither particularly observant nor particularly well-versed in cons.

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